Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Orthodox Football

I saw the priest from the Orthodox parish down the street playing football with some children in the yard beside the church. Father! Father! Over here!Father! Look at me, Father! I'm open! His unruly vestments flapped joyfully behind him as he avoided the tackles of a dozen small hands and ran in a touchdown. I felt the laughter of Jesus resounding through the city, bouncing off the hospital, down the streets of the housing projects, across the Interstate, into the heart of God.

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Who is Owen Meany?

Owen Meany is a fictional character from the book A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. It's a story worth your time by an author whose work can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with that of any American writer. (And his other novels aren't half-bad either.)